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by pmjoyce 17y ago
I'm spotting a pattern here. All the comments so far suggest that I need to explain what the site does. I guess after working on it for so long I developed a blind spot. Thanks for the input.
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by pmjoyce 17y ago
I submitted the same site in November last year - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=902172 . Since then I've gone through several point releases, a refactor and a design overhaul (I'm hopeful it won't be compared to a domain parking pag
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Ask HN: Review My Startup: Bookhu(bookhu.com)
12 points by pmjoyce 17y ago|24 comments
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by pmjoyce 17y ago
Agreed, a few quick videos showcasing the potential and fun of the application would go a long way to making it more appealing and approachable.
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Maybe because politicians obsess on selling the features of their "tough on crime" policy versus the benefits of the rehabilitation such as lower re-offending rates and cheaper execution. It's an easier sell and doesn't take much explanati
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by pmjoyce 17y ago
And there's nothing wrong with your approach as far as I'm concerned. It's appreciated that you are as up-front about your strategy when many aren't but it does affect how I come to your articles.
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by pmjoyce 17y ago
I think we need to view maxklein's blog posts through the prism of what he's setting out to achieve. He has mentioned a few times that he's in a "notoriety building" phase (my words, not his) with a view to exploiting that at a later date.
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by pmjoyce 17y ago
This is a constant issue for me. I get excited by good design - it scratches a purity/elegance/zen itch in me. Can recreate it? No chance. I've even had one of my sites defined by one HN user as "...like a domain parking page".[1] To lo
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by pmjoyce 17y ago
Can anyone fill me in a little political leanings/background of semana.com (the source of the story)? It's a Columbian magazine, but that's about all I know.
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by pmjoyce 17y ago
Unless they're from London, in which case you asking for a pony could be interpreted as asking for £25... you're selling yourself short. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_slang
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by pmjoyce 17y ago
My understanding was that the point being argued was over whether the removal of the hay bales constituted continuation of the building project - which resets the 4 year time window - or if it was unrelated. Given that the only reason the h
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by pmjoyce 17y ago
A by-product of this idea is the size new market it opens up. Not only does it allow adults without bank accounts to get involved but now kids - previously without means of easy online payments - can start making payments (or should I say,
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by pmjoyce 17y ago
1. Really? I have to hold my hand up on this one. It's a product of a $30 Wordpress theme and my below par design skills. That's useful feedback. 2. Yes that's the point of the site and something I'm actively working on. More accurately,
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by pmjoyce 17y ago
I wonder if there has been any research on the relationship between book preference and attractiveness.
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by pmjoyce 17y ago
You're right, I'm having to work with restrictions imposed by the Amazon API. I think I could probably tighten up the process a little more though. I wonder how much use an author page might be - similar gender breakdown stats but for the
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by pmjoyce 17y ago
Yeah, that would be pretty interesting and could be the foundations of some sort of personalized reccommendation functionality.
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Ask HN: Review My Startup. Bookhu.com: The Gender Compatibility Engine for Books
5 points by pmjoyce 17y ago|10 comments
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by pmjoyce 17y ago
True - it's better than nothing.
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by pmjoyce 17y ago
At the moment I'm steering away from the idea of pre-population. My reason is that if I can streamline, streamline, streamline (as you rightly suggest) the process of adding a site it it hopefully won't be too much of a burden for the user
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by pmjoyce 17y ago
If you're asking whether a restaurant can appear on the front page more than once the answer is yes. People can vote for a place multiple times (once per week). So if the restaurant is voted on enough it can appear near the top of the lis
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by pmjoyce 17y ago
1. That was a concern of mine. I think I should make them I little bigger also. 2. I saw the search as a way of finding a specific venue. Say you went to a great restaurant and you wanted to buzz it, you put the place name in the search,
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by pmjoyce 17y ago
"the only time im ever looking for a place to go to is when im already out and the present venue is lame" That's pretty much the exact reason that drove me to create the site. I've been in the same situation more times than I care to rem
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by pmjoyce 17y ago
OK - this is a product of it being somewhat rushed to get something out the door. The workflow does need to be trimmed, let me explain a little of what went on there. 1) You entered "fernandez & wells" we check our DB, found nothing t
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by pmjoyce 17y ago
A mobile interaction is necessary, I agree. Without it we're left showing you what popular in the past day/week/month/all time as we have at the moment.
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by pmjoyce 17y ago
Great idea - I also want to add Facebook Connect functionality to remove a barrier to entry for signup.
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by pmjoyce 17y ago
Of course - that's the plan. We're London only for now as we work things out. Once it's fairly stable we should be able to roll out to other cities pretty rapidly.
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by pmjoyce 17y ago
I'm having a little difficulty coming up with a tagline for the site that isn't "It's Digg for Places". Any suggestions on this front would be hugely appreciated. As would suggestions of strategies for approaching new customers. It's bra
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by pmjoyce 17y ago
Spot on, the site was inspired by Kontain.com. The actual design work was carried out by Brighton (UK) agency http://www.builtbybuffalo.com .
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The reason I see to return regularly, say every week, would be to check out the places gaining traction now. This is a reasonably fast moving area, bars open and close, go in and out of vouge on a fairly regularly. Regualr users might go o
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by pmjoyce 17y ago
Thanks. I hope to roll out to more cities (including Los Angeles) pretty quickly once the initial phase of ironing out kinks has passed. The idea of displaying up and down votes is something I had thought about and I can certainly see some

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